Synonyms of hustled

hustled

verb

past tense of hustle

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• labored
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• tugged
• toiled
• plowed
• grubbed
• humped
• slaved
• strove
• plodded
• slogged
• dug (away)
• sweat
• plugged
• drudged
• fagged
• pegged (away)
• strained
• travailed
• attacked
• moiled
• banged away
• drove
• sweat blood
• essayed
• applied (oneself)
• scratched
• exerted
• beavered (away)
• trudged
• exercised
• dug in
• hammered (away)
• waded
• pitched in
• buckled (down)
• overworked
• scrabbled
• eked out
• knuckled down
• overexerted
• ground (out)
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• lounged
• chilled
• idled
• shirked
• let up
• loafed
• rested
• lazed
• dallied
• bummed
• hung (around or out)
• relaxed
• played
• basked
• hung
• slacked (off)
• unwound
• hacked (around)
• goofed (off)
• lolled
• reposed
• dabbled
• trifled
• goldbricked
• footled
• dillydallied
• fooled around
• doodled
• vegged out
• messed around
• goofed (around)
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

2

as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly

we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurried
• scurried
• sped
• raced
• rushed
• trotted
• drove
• traveled
• flew
• chased
• zipped
• jumped
• buzzed
• scooted
• stepped
• ran
• darted
• blew
• dashed
• scuttled
• blasted
• bolted
• ripped
• whirled
• rammed
• bustled
• jogged
• tore
• bowled
• zoomed
• hastened
• breezed
• whisked
• hurtled
• blazed
• hurled
• rustled
• motored
• careened
• barreled
• bundled
• hied
• humped
• rocketed
• pelted
• shot
• nipped
• careered
• jetted
• galloped
• coursed
• cracked (on)
• bombed
• belted
• beat it
• hared
• scampered
• sprinted
• flitted
• highballed
• stepped on it
• cannonballed
• scuffled
• stampeded
• hotfooted (it)
• streaked
• whizzed
• made tracks
• shook a leg
• got a move on
• scudded
• accelerated
• overtook
• beetled
• outran
• quickened
• outpaced
• outstripped
• stepped out
• caught up
• beelined
• arrowed
• fast-forwarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crept
• dragged
• crawled
• poked
• lingered
• lagged
• loitered
• strolled
• hung (around or out)
• poked
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• tarried
• dawdled
• dallied
• plodded
• lumbered
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• dillydallied

3

as in squeezed

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezed
• plucked
• cheated
• stung
• stuck
• screwed
• beat
• did
• tricked
• bled
• suckered
• deceived
• swindled
• victimized
• stiffed
• shortchanged
• rooked
• conned
• reamed
• fiddled
• diddled
• bilked
• defrauded
• fleeced
• exploited
• flimflammed
• hosed
• euchred
• shorted
• cozened
• mulcted
• fooled
• gaffed
• chiseled
• skinned
• ripped off
• shook down
• betrayed
• skunked
• wrenched
• nobbled
• extorted
• choused
• took for a ride
• took to the cleaners
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• did in
• gouged
• nicked
• milked
• soaked
• wrested
• wrung
• duped
• sold a bill of goods to
• overcharged
• gulled
• bitched
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hustled

Williams pinned an Ospreys’ layup to the glass, and hustled to save the loose ball to Trent Perry. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026

In the third quarter, Doncic missed a three-pointer, but Jake LaRavia hustled to collect the rebound. — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

In Frankfurt, a gray city crumbling at the corners and still finding its footing after the war, though somehow doing its best to pretend all is well, Mann and Erika are greeted by the mayor and hustled off to a press conference. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

The two firefighters, listening to their radios, hustled to the upstream bridge, prepared rope and watched the water. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

On the ensuing point-after kick attempt, Rancho Alamitos’ Joe Vazquez picked up the low snap and hustled around the right end for two points. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2026

Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted. — Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

In the press box, Ravens assistants hustled downstairs to join the celebration. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026